This is an educational video for Stage 3 students studying HSIE in NSW schools under the old HSIE BOS NSW Syllabus. This content is still relevant to the national curriculum, under the History K-10 Syllabus. This video introduces events that had a significant impact on shaping Australia and its colonies. Students develop an understanding regarding the evolution of the colonies and early migration to Australia in the 19th century (See ACHHK095 & ACHHK096).
The purpose of this video was to be used in conjunction with an IGASAR (a process model for inquiry) learning sequence as part of a university assessment for unit EDSS223 at the University of New England (UNE), Armidale NSW.

Excellent video Drew, and accurate. I find it interesting that here in Ballarat, 160 years later, not a lot has changed. I am a Prospector and Prospecting is my only means of making a living, and I still have to have a 'Miners right' on me when prospecting. But at least a Miners Right lasts for 10 years now. Ballarat still survives to this day due to Gold. The Gold Museum and Sovereign Hill are the largest Tourist attractions: http://www.sovereignhill.com.au/ The Peter Lalor hotel and many other famous buildings from the Gold Rush still exist and are in use. The Mining Exchange, Town Hall, Hotels, etc. All as they were back then. Ballarat itself is a living Museum.

This is absolutely accurate and useful, it has the main and important major detail, this is great and highly recommended for beginners and advanced. 10/10 this was amazing and helped me understand and learn more about the Australian Goldrush.
Great job.

It is easy to understand the poor education students are receiving from unqualified persons who provide wrong, incomplete and oversimplified information. Gold (payable) was discovered at Clunes in 1850 by William Campbell. In 1851 three people, Campbell, Herman Brunn and James Esmond announced the discovery. They claimed the 200 pounds reward posted by Melbourne for the first to discover payable gold within 200 miles of Melbourne. The Ballarat discovery was made by men who were
following the Clunes rush. All this is fully documented in James Flett's book, the Victorian State Library and the 1851 June, July and August editions of the Geelong Advertiser. This video should be withdrawn and corrected. As you may gather I am very annoyed at these examples of ignorance being foisted upon trusting students. End of rant.

Great Video, have you any idea who the families were in the photo's the last one in particular looked very much like my G Grandfather Matthew Quick came from StIves Cornwall also related to Sir John Quick's parents ( both being Quicks )

Dougie, you are partly correct. Yes, Gold was first discovered in Clunes in 1850, but it wasn't the first 'Gold Rush'. The first 'Gold Rush' was a year later at Ophir (near Orange NSW). The Clunes discovery didn't create a 'Rush' of Immigrants. However, the Ophir, Bendigo, and Ballarat discoveries did. But yes, Gold was discovered in Clunes first.

This video was made solely as a resource to use in an IGASAR teaching sequence (for a university assessment). I had no idea that educators would even be using it after it was uploaded. A few friends have discovered this video and have used it in their classes. They suggested pausing the video every so often because the words are moving quite fast. Another suggestion might be to discuss what has happened at these pauses/intervals as visually impaired students, or any student for that matter, cannot simply process all the information at such an alarming pace.

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